X.1 by Branfill-Cook, Roger -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Contents

Foreword by Rear Admiral Mark Anderson Introduction Acknowledgments CHAPTER 1: GIANT SUBMARINES

Russian Plans Royal Navy Monster Boats The U-Cruisers

CHAPTER 2: DESIGN CRITERIA

A Ship of Extremes Captain Nasmith’s Preferences Design Aims The Alternative Capital Ship

CHAPTER 3: PROPULSION MACHINERY

Main Engines Auxiliary Engines and Generators Main Motors Batteries

CHAPTER 4: HANDLING

The Lessons of Experience Commander Robert H T Raikes DSO and Bar Hydroplanes Diving Trimming Diving Trials ‘Ain’t Misbehavin’ Diving Time Surface Handiness

CHAPTER 5: ARMAMENT

5.2in Turrets Surface Gun Action Practice Makes Perfect And-Aircraft Armament Torpedoes Proposals for a Sister-Ship

CHAPTER 6: THE SHIP, HER HULL, FITTINGS AND COMPLEMENT

The Hull Fuel and Oil Storage Colour Schemes Sensors and Communications Control Facilities Boats Complement

CHAPTER 7: TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS

A Guilty Secret The Daily Herald Affair Commissioning and Early Trials A First Foray Overseas The Mayers Scandal of 1927

CHAPTER 8: A CUSHY BILLET

‘Why not our own magazine?’ Mediterranean Service Distinguished Visitors

CHAPTER 9: A LITANY OF FAILURES

The Shale Oil Experiment More Mishaps Deliberate Misinformation Home in Disgrace Revealed at Last

CHAPTER 10: AN UNLUCKY FALL

Decline into Oblivion

CHAPTER 11: ONLY THE BRITISH WERE FOOLED

United States’ Cruiser Submarines Surcouf Japanese Boats Raeder’s Z-Plan

CHAPTER 12: REFLECTIONS AND EPILOGUE

Sabotage? Penury What Might Have Been Epilogue

APPENDICES

Appendix A: Extracts from X.1’s Log Books Appendix B: The Plans Appendix C: Comparison between the 5.2in and later 5.25in Guns

Notes Bibliography Index